25/33 I cannot drive the horrid sight away." "That is all wrong," said the tyrant, soothingly--for the other was much excited--"for you could not have done otherwise. Your conscience should not reproach you. You have acted throughout, from the very beginning to the end, like the noble gentleman that you are. These scruples are owing to exhaustion, to the feverishness due to the excitement you have gone through, and the chill from the night air. |